HONG KONG: The outlook for Hong Kong’s property market, the world’s least affordable, has started to firm with some analysts predicting prices could rise as much as 10 percent this year after only a short-lived correction.

ZHENGZHOU, China: Growth in China’s new home prices eased slightly in January from December, in initial signs the property market is cooling as the economy slows, but price gains in annual terms accelerated.

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Equities Research is retaining its Hold recommendation for Sime Darby with an unchanged sum-of-parts based target price of RM2.50. The stock offers a decent FY19-20F yield of 3.8%-4.0%.

HAVANA (Reuters) - For the first time since the 1959 Revolution, Cuban voters on Sunday may express significant dissent, when they go to the polls to ratify a new constitution that institutes modest economic changes while maintaining the one-party system.

PETALING JAYA: The potential revival of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) will not only benefit local construction players, but there will also be positive spillover effects on building material companies in Malaysia.